mekka okereke May 31, 2024

@ddritter

Twitter:
*I make a post at 9am and go about my day
*A racist replies with racial slurs at 9:15am
*Everyone sees the racist replies
*Everyone reports the racist replies
*Twitter mods take it down by 10am
*I check Twitter again at 11am, and never even see the racism!

Masto:
*I post at 9am
*Racists reply in such a way that only me, them and their followers, see the racism
*So no one reports it
*Everyone gaslights me with "I don't see racism here!"

https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/111012743709881062

mekka okereke :verified: (@[email protected])

@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] From your screenshot above, and the scenario I listed below, imagine if: 1) the racist user is on "Nazis dot social." They have 5000 followers. 2) the Black user is on "Good people dot social" 3) the nazi replies "Followers only." The scenario: https://hachyderm.io/@mekkaokereke/111010421955145872 None of the good people would see the gore images, or the subsequent pile-on.

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Show threadyour auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦Aug 3, 2024

also, Twitter found it easier to neutralize influential Black folks like me by shadow-banning us. and with shadow-banning, ironically, came a decline in racist abuse. the problem is that with shadow-banning not even all my followers would see my posts.

another data point: LISTS. Twitter was transparent on who would put you on a surveillance list. they didn't even have to follow you. not such thing on Mastodon (i don't use other AP software so can't speak of others).

@mekkaokereke @ddritter

Show threadBen Ramsey

@blogdiva @mekkaokereke @ddritter I was just looking through the ActivityPub spec because I was curious whether it defines anything related to who can read your activity. It doesn’t, so mentioned-only & followers-only is a Mastodon thing. I’m not sure how it works with other AP software, but maybe it’s related to the inbox concept, so it sends it to the inbox of any users that are supposed to be able to see it.

Similarly, lists aren’t part of AP.

Aug 3, 2024 at 2:28amWeb